Henk ter Keurs

Dr.

University of Calgary

Canada

Professional Summary

CURRICULUM VITAEPERSONAL DATAName: Hendrik Evert Dirk Johannes ter KeursAddress: 3330 Hospital Drive NWCalgary, Alberta CANADA T2N 4N1Telephone: (403) 220-4521 Fax: (403) 210-9739E-Mail Address: terkeurs@ucalgary.caDate of Birth: August 27, 1942. Place of Birth: Delft, The NetherlandsCitizenship: DutchPresent Rank: ProfessorDepartments of Cardiac Sciences, Medicine & Physiology and BiophysicsFaculty of Medicine, University of CalgaryACADEMIC RECORDHighSchool 1960 (Gymnasium ß) Huygens Lyceum, Voorburg, The NetherlandsM.D. 1966 State University of LeidenPh.D. (cum laude) 1970 State University of Leiden (Neurophysiology)LICENSURE AND SPECIALTY CERTIFICATION1970 Medical License Leiden, The Netherlands1980 Specialty Certification Leiden, The Netherlands (Medical Physiology)1983 Specialty Certification Leiden, The Netherlands (Cardiology)1986 Evaluation Exam for Graduates of Foreign Medical Schools (Canada)1987 Qualifying Exam of the Medical Council of Canada1988 Specialty Certification in Cardiology, Alberta, Canada1988 Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS1960 - 1966 Shell Scholarship1970 Ph.D., cum laude, State University of Leiden1976-1981 Established Investigator, Netherlands Heart Foundation Department of Cardiology, State University of Leiden1980 1980 AKZO Quintennial Prize, Research in Medicine, Awarded by Dutch Society for Sciences1984 European Society for Clinical Investigation, Poster Award1984 AHFMR Medical Scientist1989 AHFMR Medical Scientist1994 Gold Star Teacher, Cardiovascular Systems Course, University of Calgary1994 Visiting Scientist Award, Heart and Stroke Foundation, Canada1994 AHFMR Medical Scientist1994 Visiting Scientist, Institut de Myologie, INSERM 523 Hôpital Pitié et Salpetrière Paris1995 Dedicated Service Award, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada1997 Visiting Scientist at the University of Maryland1997 Elected Chairman of the Cardiovascular Research Group1997 Immigrant of Distinction Award – Professional. Given by the Calgary Immigrant Aid Society1999 AHFMR Medical Scientist2001 Cozaar Investigator Award, Recognizing Global Excellence in Science and Clinical Medicine for Original Research in Heart Failure European Society of Cardiology, 2001 ISHR Merit Award2001 FAHA (Fellow of the American Heart Association) 2001 Knighthood in the Order of the Dutch Lion; Awarded by Her Majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands 2004 AHFMR Medical Scientist2006 Honorary Member Award of Emax and PVA Club dedicated to the better understanding of cardiac mechano-energetico-informatics (Dr. Hiroyuki Suga Japan) ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS1999-present Adjunct Professor in Pharmacology, Columbia University, New York1994-present Merck Frosst Professor in Cardiovascular Research, University of Calgary1984-present Professor of Medicine and Medical Physiology, University of Calgary1984-present Alberta Heritage Foundation Medical Scientist, University of Calgary1973-1984 Senior Research Associate, Department of Cardiology, State University of Leiden1966-1973 Docent, Department of Physiology, State University of Leiden1963-1966 Research Assistant, Department of Physiology, State University of LeidenHONORARY APPOINTMENTS1994 (Jan-Sept) Visiting Scientist, INSERM 157, Paris1993 (May) Visiting Professor, Technion Institute, Haifa, Israel1989-present Advisory Council, The Einthoven Foundation1979-1985 Research Fellow, Midhurst Medical Research Institute, United Kingdom1983-1984 Secretary/Treasurer, The Einthoven Foundation1976-1977 Visiting Scholar-Dr. G.H. Pollack’s Lab, Dept of Anesthesiology, University of Washington1972-1975 Guest Lecturer, Department of Physiology, University of Surinam EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIESUndergraduate Teaching:1965- 1968 Physiology of Nerve, muscle and synapse. University of Leiden (25 hrs; 330 med students/yr).1968 - 1972 Physiology of the Nervous System and Eye. University of Leiden (25 hrs; 330 med students/yr).1972 - 1977 Physiology of the Kidney. University of Leiden (25 hrs; 330 med students/yr). 1977 – 1984 Physiology of the Cardiovascular System. University of Leiden (15 hrs; 330 med students/yr).1972 - 1975 Human Physiology University of Paramaribo, Suriname. (200 hrs; 33 med students/yr) Development of the Practical courses in Physiology for medical students. Development of an exercise Physiology Laboratory for the Department of Physiology.1984 - 1999 Cardiac Muscle, Heart Sounds, Microcirculation & Hemodynamic Monitoring University of Calgary (6 hrs; 75 med students/ yr).Graduate Teaching:1992 to present Cardiovascular Physiology 629 01 and 02 (12 hrs; 12 students every even yr)1994 Fysiologie du muscle cardiaque, Paris 1994 (65 hours, French 4 students)1997 – 2002 Member of the Graduate Education Committee, Dept. of Cardiovascular & Respiratory Sciences.1986 – present Coordinator Grad course in Muscle Physiology (12 hrs; 12 students every odd year)2001 Initiator of Academic Agreement of Cooperation between Tohoku University and the Faculty of Medicine, The University of Calgary. RESEARCH TRAINEES AND COLLABORATIVE PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:Leiden, The NetherlandsJ. Witpaard 1972-1976 (PhD 76) The visual system of the frog. General practitioner in the Netherlands.Dr. M.I.M. Noble 1980 (SAB) Force velocity relationship in cardiac trabeculae. Dept. Medicine/Cardiology, Charing Cross Hospital London, UK.Dr. A.R. Luff (78) (SAB) Force sarcomere length relationship in skeletal muscle. Dept. Physiol., Monash University, Australia.Dr. G. Elzinga (77-83) (Coll.Proj.) Sarcomere mechanics of skeletal muscle. The Free University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.Dr. V.J.A. Schouten (81-85) (PhD 85) Excitation contraction coupling in the myocardium. Senior Researcher @ Medtronic Research Institute, Maastricht, The Netherlands.Dr. B. Wohlfart (80) (SAB) Force velocity relationship in cardiac muscle. Institute of Human Physiology, University of Lund, Sweden.Dr. L. Ricciardi (81) (PDF) Mechanics of hypertrophied cardiac muscle. Institute of Human Physiology, University of Pavia, Italy.Dr. A. Drake (81-84) (PhD 84) The effect of intracellular pH, substrates, and innervation on myocardial oxygen consumption and metabolism. Div. of Cardiology, Charing Cross Hosp, London, UKDr. H. Granzier (82) (M.Sc) Skeletal muscle mechanics Dept of Physiology, Pullman University, Washington, USADr. B.J.M. Mulder (84-88) (PhD 89) Triggered arrhythmias and after contractions in isolated cardiac trabeculae.1990 I.C.I. Award for the best Ph.D. thesis in cardiology in the NetherlandsUniversity of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Professor of Cardiology at the University of Amsterdam & Councellor of European Society of Cardiology.Dr. J. Kentish (81) (SAB) Starlings Law of the Heart, Prof in Dept. of Pharmacology, University College, London, England.Calgary, Alberta CanadaM.J. Nagelsmit (80-84) (PhD 87) Myocardial depressant factors in shock, Cardiologist, The Netherlands.J.J.J. Bucx (83-88) (PhD 93) Ischemia of the heart: a study of sarcomere dynamics and cellular metabolism, Cardiologist, The Netherlands.Dr. W. Herzog (92) (Coll.Proj.) Mechanics of human skeletal muscle, The University of Calgary, Canada.P. Backx (84) (PhD 89) Starlings Law of the Heart: The role of calcium and restoring forces, Dept. of Medicine, University of Toronto, Professor of Physiology.W.D. Gao (86) (PhD 91) Hypoxia and unstimulated force in cardiac trabeculae, Assoc Professor Anesthesiology , John Hopkins, Baltimore, USA.P.P. de Tombe (85) (PhD 89) Actomyosin ATPase activity and dynamic properties of muscle contraction, Professor, Physiology, University of Chicago.Dr. W. Leyendekker (88-89) (PDF) Mechanics of rat cardiac muscle during metabolic inhibition, Senior Researcher, CIBA Geigy, Basel, Switzerland.Dr. E. Harmsen (88-89) (PDF) NMR studies of ischemic rat heart, Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Canada.Dr. L.C. Paul (87-97) (Coll.proj.) Cyclosporine A and E-C coupling in the heart, Div. of Nephrology, St. Michaels Hospital, Toronto, Canada.Dr. C. Lamont (89-90) (PDF) Triggered propagated contractions, Dept. of Physiol., University of Manchester, UK.Dr. D. Fedida (88-90) (PDF) Triggered propagated contractions, Prof Dept. of Physiol., University of British Columbia, Ontario, Canada.M. Daniels (87-90) (PhD 91) Mechanism of triggered arrhythmias in damaged myocardium, Div. of Cardiology, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands, Coordinator, Cardiology Training Program.Dr. Douglas Eley (91) (PDF) Triggered propagated contractions, University of Calgary, Canada.Dr. N. Lake (91) (Coll.Proj.) Taurine depletion and the heart, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.H. Banijamali (90-94) (PhD) The role of Na/Ca exchange in the force interval relation, Medical School, University of Calgary, Canada. Cardiologist at the University of Calgary M. Blans (92) (MD) Digitalis effects on rat cardiac trabeculae, Medical School, Leiden, The Netherlands.M. Scarabello (91-95) (PhD) Determinants of the velocity of shortening of cardiac muscle. (Deceased 1995)V. Brussel (92) (MD) Ouabaine and E-C coupling in the heart, Medical School, Leiden, The NetherlandsT.T. Nguyen (93-95) (MSc.) Actomyosin ATPase in the heart. Dr. R. Beyar (93) (Coll.proj.) Measurement of twist of the ventricle, Technion Institute, Haifa, Israel.W. Keijser (93) (MD) Ouabaine and E-C coupling in the heart, Neuro surgeon, University of, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.Y.M. Zhang (92-94) (MSc.) Triggered propagated contractions; sensitivity to stretch channel blockers. Emory University Atlanta USAE. Hollander (90-92) (MSc) Excitation-contraction coupling in failing heart, Ph.D. March 1995.Dr. Bin Liu (91) (PDF) Ca2+ uptake by the SR in heart failure.Dr. B. Wohlfart (94) (SAB) Influence of the interval between heart beats on cytosolic Ca2+ transients, Dept. of Clin. Physiology, University of Lund, Sweden.L. Chilton (95) (tech.) Stunning of myocardium. PDF at the University of Calgary. Ass. Prof Cairns AustraliaA. Landesberg (96- ) (Coll.proj.) Dynamics of Ca2+ binding to troponin and cardiac force (96-98) (PDF) development, Assoc Professor Bioengineering, Technion Institute, Haifa, Israel.B. Stuyvers (96-98) (PDF) Visco-elastic properties of cardiac muscle. Associate Professor Dept of Physiology St Johns New Found landA. Davidoff (94-2003) (MSc) Supervisor, Muscle mechanics in heart failure (PhD) Supervisor, Thesis title “Spontaneous SR-Ca2+ release in CHF.Ying Ming Zhang (94-98) (PhD) Supervisor, Thesis “Sarcoplasmic Reticulum and Myofilament Function in Normal and Failing Rat Heart

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Specialization

Cardiology, University